Michigan Court Rules Prosecutors Can Enforce Abortion Ban, Protect Babies From Abortions

The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Monday that county prosecutors can enforce Michigan’s abortion ban even though a state judge has previously ruled that state officials can’t enforce it. The ruling allows prosecutors to protect babies from abortion under the abortion ban Michigan passed before Roe v. Wade.

There has been significant question about the status of legalized abortion in Michigan since the Supreme Court handed down its monumental decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on June 24.

The appeals court ruling will allow county prosecutors to file criminal charges against abortionists who end the lives of little babies before birth under Michigan’s 1931 abortion ban. The 91-year-old law contains an exception under which abortions can be done to protect the life of the mother.

“The preliminary injunction does not apply to county prosecutors,” the three-judge panel wrote.

“Because county prosecutors are local officials, jurisdiction of the Court of Claims does not extend to them,” the court wrote in its ruling, according to WXYZ.

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An attorney for the prosecutors told the Detroit News that they would prosecute any illegal abortions:

The prosecutors’ lawyer, David Kallman, called the decision “a victorious defeat.”

“That’s exactly what we wanted,” he said of Jarzynka and Becker. “They were both very pleased with the result.”

“Neither of them has a pending case in front of them right now. If a case is brought to them and the elements are there, they will prosecute,” Kallman added.

However, the Court of Appeals order does not take effect for 21 days, which means the Planned Parenthood abortion business has more time to try to secure an emergency ruling on the matter from the state Supreme Court to block the enforcement further.

Despite the victory, the three-judge panel of the state appeals court ruled that the judge’s order against enforcing the ban by state officials would stand. They ruled against the Michigan Catholic Conference, Right to Life of Michigan and the two prosecutors lack standing to request Court of Claims Judge Elizabeth Gleicher’s injunction in a suit filed by Planned Parenthood of Michigan be overturned and her case assumed by the higher court.

Gleicher’s injunction has been in place since May, making it so babies have been killed in aboritons even after the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe.

The 1931 law states:

“Any person who shall wilfully administer to any pregnant woman any medicine, drug, substance or thing whatever, or shall employ any instrument or other means whatever, with intent thereby to procure the miscarriage of any such woman, unless the same shall have been necessary to preserve the life of such woman, shall be guilty of a felony, and in case the death of such pregnant woman be thereby produced, the offense shall be deemed manslaughter.”

As LifeNews reported, the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, with a 6-3 majority ruling in the Dobbs case that “The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion” — allowing states to ban abortions and protect unborn babies. The high court also ruled 6-3 uphold the Mississippi 15-week abortion ban so states can further limit abortions and to get rid of the false viability standard.

Chief Justice John Roberts technically voted for the judgment but, in his concurring opinion, disagreed with the reasoning and said he wanted to keep abortions legal but with a new standard.

Texas and Oklahoma had banned abortions before Roe was overturned and Missouri became the first state after Roe to protect babies from abortions and South Dakota became the 2nd. Then Arkansas became the third state protecting babies from abortions and Kentucky became the 4th and Louisiana became the 5th and Ohio became the 6th and Utah became the 7th and Oklahoma became the 8th and Alabama became the 9th. This week, Mississippi became the 10th and South Carolina became the 11th,Texas became the 12th with its pre-Roe law and Tennessee became the 13th.

Michigan, Wisconsin and West Virginia have old pro-life laws on the books but there is question about whether they are applicable and will be enforced.

Ultimately, as many as 26 states could immediately or quickly ban abortions and protect babies from certain death for the first time in nearly 50 years.

The 13 total states with trigger laws that would effectively ban all or most abortions are: Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Wyoming.

“Abortion presents a profound moral question. The Constitution does not prohibit the citizens of each State from regulating or prohibiting abortion. Roe and Casey arrogated that authority. We now overrule those decisions and return that authority to the people and their elected representatives,” Alito wrote.

“Roe was egregiously wrong from the start. Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences,” Alito wrote. “And far from bringing about a national settlement of the abortion issue, Roe and Casey have enflamed debate and deepened division.”

Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Stephen Breyer authored a joint dissent condemning the decision as enabling states to enact “draconian” restrictions on women.

Polls show Americans are pro-life on abortion and a new national poll shows 75% of Americans essentially agree with the Supreme Court overturning Roe.

Despite false reports that abortion bans would prevent doctors from treating pregnant women for miscarriages or ectopic pregnancies, pro-life doctors confirm that is not the case. Some 35 states have laws making it clear that miscarriage is not abortion and every state with an abortion ban allows treatment for both.

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